Fourth Session, 41st Parliament – 2019
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

MEMBERS INDEX
speeches by Members; topics debated
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; sec. - section; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.

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Oakes, Coralee (Cariboo North)

As subject
comments on issues
bankruptcies (Kyllo) 234A:1455 (Ralston) 234A:1455
forests legislation (Donaldson) 246B:1545-1550
decision to run as MLA 237B:1600
family background as ranchers 237B:1605
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15), debate 267A:1635
Agricultural Land Commission, exclusion applications, process and role of local government 267A:1635
Agriculture
farmers, government support 267A:1635
government support 237B:1605-1610
Agriculture Ministry, estimates debate 250C:1725-1735
Arts and culture, choirs 227B:1405
Assessment (Split Assessment Classification) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill M226), call for debate 286B:1430
Attorney General Ministry, role, community gaming grant program 281B:1505-1510
Bankruptcy, business bankruptcy rate 232A:1650-1700
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C.
health care services and professionals 257C:1635
police services 267C:1350
small businesses 206B:1605
B.C. by region, northern B.C., addiction services 301B:1020
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
economic diversification 250C:1725
government investment and support 206B:1540-1610, 268B:1055-1100
rural dividend program 268B:1045, 268B:1055, 274B:1350-1355
B.C. Economic Development Association, work of organization 248B:1345
B.C. NDP government, consultations and reviews 261B:1100-1105
B.C. Wildfire Service
funding and staffing 206B:1600, 227A:1810
operations 228A:1120-1125
work commended 227A:1810
Browns Town Centre, operations and impact of government policies 232A:1655
Budget debate 206B:1540-1610
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 206B:1545-1550, 206B:1610
Business, costs and taxation 232A:1630-1640
Carbon tax, rate increase 232A:1645
Cariboo area
agriculture industry and food-processing sector 250C:1725-1730
community organizations, gaming grant funding 274B:1400, 281B:1520-1530, 281B:1550-1555
First Nations and revenue-sharing agreements 274B:1345, 274B:1355-1400
forest industry 274B:1350-1355
forests and forest industry 237B:1600
highways and roads, rehabilitation after fires and flooding 206B:1550-1555, 232B:1445-1450, 267C:1440
ranching industry 237B:1605, 250C:1730-1735
volunteer fire departments, funding 206B:1600, 267C:1425-1430
wildfire impact and mitigation, recovery funding 268B:1050
wildfire prevention and mitigation, funding 274B:1355
wildfires and flooding 237B:1600
wildfires and flooding, impact and recovery funding 206B:1550-1600, 267C:1425-1440, 268B:1055-1100
Cariboo Fire Centre
funding and equipment 228A:1110-1120
staffing and operations 227A:1810-1815
Cariboo North constituency and area
constituents' concerns and representation 281B:1510
constituent's concerns re ranching industry 237B:1610-1615
forest industry 244B:1825-1830
forest industry and economic transition 206B:1545
size, communities and representation 206B:1540-1545
wildfire response and prevention 227A:1810-1815, 228A:1110-1130
Chambers of commerce, role 200B:1015
Climate change action, role of forest sector 240B:1040
Communities, gaming grants for community organizations 274B:1400-1405, 281B:1505-1535, 281B:1550-1555
Concerned Citizens of Quesnel, documentation of criminal incidents 301B:1020
Crime and criminals, victim services 267C:1350-1355
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41), provisions 281B:1520
Donaldson, Doug, comments on post-wildfire risk assessments 206B:1555
Economy, conditions 232A:1650
Education Ministry, estimates debate 249A:1105-1120
Emergencies, emergency response to floods and wildfires
preparedness and recovery planning 206B:1550-1600, 267C:1425-1440
report 261B:1105
Employer health tax 232A:1615, 232A:1630-1640, 232A:1735
Employment standards reforms 232A:1655-1700
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 235A:1130-1145, 236A:1335
Fires and firefighters
firefighters, equipment 228A:1110-1120
volunteer firefighter departments in unincorporated communities, eligibility for funding 206B:1600, 228A:1125-1130, 267C:1425-1435
wildfires
impact and habitat restoration 235A:1130-1140
impact and recovery 267C:1440
impact on ranching industry 237B:1615-1620
impact on roads and culverts 206B:1550-1555, 267C:1440
impact on roads and mitigation 232B:1445-1450
mitigation and restoration 268B:1045-1055
response and volunteers 234B:1410
riparian restoration and habitat rehabilitation 228A:1130, 237B:1620
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreements 274B:1345
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 274B:1340-1405, 281B:1505-1535, 281B:1550-1555
administration and allocation of revenues 274B:1345, 281B:1510-1515
residential schools, legacy of intergenerational trauma 267C:1355
Fish
fish passage group 235A:1135
salmon habitat restoration 235A:1130-1135
Food-processing sector 250C:1725
Forest Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 22)
debate 244B:1820-1830, 262A:1810-1815, 264A:1340, 264A:1435-1450, 264A:1530, 264A:1745
definitions, "corporate relations" 262A:1810-1815
Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 21), debate 237B:1555-1620
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., funding and projects 228A:1130
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre, fibre recovery zones 264A:1440-1450
employment and jobs 240B:1040, 244B:1820-1830, 248B:1420
forest-dependent communities, transition support and funding 274B:1355
government consultation with stakeholders 248B:1420, 252B:1030
government forest policies, impact 240B:1040, 244B:1820-1830, 248B:1420, 252B:1030, 255B:1420-1425, 261B:1105
industry
competitiveness 244B:1820-1825
conditions 206B:1545
conditions and government response 268B:1045-1055
costs 237B:1600-1605
oversight and regulation 237B:1555-1620
spruce beetle infestation 237B:1600
tenure agreement requirements for disposal or transfer
change in corporate control 262A:1810-1815, 264A:1340, 264A:1745
First Nations consultation 262A:1815
information and reporting requirements 264A:1435-1450
public interest component 264A:1530, 264A:1745
tenure system 216B:1425
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 223A:1805-1810, 227A:1810-1815, 228A:1110-1130
Fraser, Paul, death 227B:1405
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36)
debate 274B:1340-1405, 281B:1505-1535, 281B:1550-1555
amendments to bill 281B:1525, 281B:1555
Gasoline, price increase and taxation 232A:1645-1650
Government
public consultation and engagement 261B:1100-1105
regulations, reduction and policy 232A:1610-1625, 232A:1640, 232A:1740
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, beds and services 257C:1630
Guide-outfitters, government support 223A:1810
Health care system, mobile services 257C:1635
Health Ministry, estimates debate 257C:1630-1635
Hessburg, Paul, work on forest practices 237B:1600
Hind, Michael, concerns re property tax assessment issue 286B:1430
Hobson, Richmond, cowboy novels 237B:1605
Industry Canada, information on bankruptcy 232A:1710
InSong Quesnel Youth Choir, activities and role 227B:1405
Introductions by members 265B:1350, 284B:1010, 287B:1010, 297B:1335, 298B:1010-1015
Itcha Mountain Outfitters, guide-outfitter operations and proposal for government buyout 223A:1810
Jobs, Trade and Technology Ministry
estimates debate 232A:1610-1740
sector and regulatory competitiveness branch 232A:1610
service plan and goals 232A:1610-1625
Junior Achievement B.C., programs, Futurpreneur funding 232A:1720-1725
Legislature, Speaker's conduct re senior officials and staff 267B:1750
Lhtako Dené Nation, economic development and rural dividend application 274B:1350
Lhtako First Nations, area road conditions and pedestrian safety 249A:1115
Likely, water quality in area 235A:1140, 236A:1335
Literacy programs, funding from rural dividend program 274B:1355
Livestock industry, ranching industry
fencing and infrastructure issues 250C:1730-1735
government support 237B:1605-1615
water projects 237B:1610
Long Table Grocery, operations and local food hub 206B:1350-1355
Medical Services Plan, task force recommendations 261B:1105
Mental health and addiction, impact of issues on communities and response 301B:1020
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, incidence and response 267C:1350-1355
Motions
Consultation and public engagement 261B:1100-1105
Muir, Jean, business accomplishments 214B:1015
National Volunteer Week 234B:1405
Nazko and Kluskus areas, wildfires and habitat restoration 206B:1600, 228A:1130, 235A:1130-1135
Nazko emergency management team, funding for firefighting equipment 274B:1355
Nazko First Nation, logging contractor business 274B:1345
Olsen, Adam, comments in debate on gaming revenue-sharing legislation 281B:1510
Oral questions
Business costs and government support for small business 277B:1035
Closing of Quesnel mill and government policies on forest industry 255B:1420-1425
Forest industry tenures 216B:1425
Government policies on forest industry 248B:1420, 252B:1030
Property taxes for small businesses 298B:1045-1050
Property taxes for small businesses and split assessment proposal 286B:1430
Urban development and property taxes 277B:1035
West Fraser Road status in Quesnel area 200B:1045-1050
Petitions
AR-1 inter connector route in Quesnel and alternate bypass option 265B:1445
Phillips, Pan, cowboy novels 237B:1605
Pisanu, Gianni, concerns re property tax issue 298B:1045
Plateau fire, wildfire recovery in area 227A:1815, 235A:1140
Points of order
relevancy and scope of amendment to bill, debate 281B:1550-1555
Private members' statements
Resilient rural communities 268B:1045-1100
Private members' statements (response)
A forest of jobs 240B:1035-1040
Privilege (Standing Order 26)
conduct by Speaker re senior officers and staff of Legislative Assembly 267B:1750
Property tax
assessment of property, highest and best use evaluation impacts and split classification proposal 286B:1430
rates for small businesses 298B:1045-1050
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 267C:1350-1355, 267C:1425-1440
Quesnel
addiction and public safety issues 301B:1020
forest industry 248B:1420
forest industry and forest initiatives program 244B:1825
forest industry and mill operations 264A:1450
Johnston street bridge, traffic rerouting and pedestrian safety 249A:1115
missing and murdered women 267C:1350
roads, interconnector route plan and bypass option, petition tabled 265B:1445
seniors care beds and home care 257C:1630-1635
violence against women program 267C:1355
West Fraser Road
landslide and status 200B:1045-1050, 232B:1440-1445
landslide recovery and funding 206B:1555, 249A:1110-1120, 267C:1435-1440
Quesnel Figure Skating Club, funding application 274B:1400
Quesnel Junior Secondary School, conditions and relocation plan 249A:1105-1110
Quesnel Lake, water quality testing 235A:1140-1145, 236A:1335
Quesnel timber supply area, wildfire response, Blackwater crew 227A:1815
Rangeland management and planning 237B:1615
Red Tape Reduction Day 232A:1740
Regional districts, eligibility for fire prevention funding 228A:1130
Resources and resource industries, resource-based communities, economic development and recovery 206B:1545, 248B:1345
Sales tax application, electricity costs for businesses 232A:1640
School district 28 (Quesnel)
bus service and student safety issues 249A:1110-1120
capital projects and funding 249A:1105-1110
school bus travel and student safety issues 206B:1555
school bus travel issues 200B:1050
School districts, disaster financial assistance 249A:1110-1115
Schools, capital projects 249A:1105-1110
Seraphim, Ted, comments on forest policy 248B:1420
Small business
competitiveness 232A:1730
confidence 232A:1710
costs and taxation 206B:1605
government policies and support 232A:1620-1740, 277B:1035
recognition and support 276B:1345-1350
role in economy 206B:1605
Small Business Roundtable 232A:1710-1720, 232A:1730
small business task force 232A:1715, 232A:1730
small business task force report and recommendations 206B:1605, 276B:1350, 277B:1035
taxation 232A:1630-1720, 232A:1735
Small Business B.C. Awards, event and recipients 206B:1350-1355, 206B:1605
Statements by members
B.C. Economic Development Association 248B:1345
Chambers of commerce 200B:1015
Contributions of volunteers 234B:1405-1410
InSong Quesnel Youth Choir 227B:1405
Jean Muir and women in business 214B:1015
Response to addiction and public safety issues in Quesnel 301B:1020
Small business 276B:1345-1350
Small Business B.C. Awards and Long Table Grocery 206B:1350-1355
Substance use and addiction
role in criminal behaviour 301B:1020
treatment and recovery services 301B:1020
Surrey Board of Trade, comments on employer health tax 232A:1640
Taxation, government policies 206B:1605
Tolko Industries Ltd., Quesnel mill operations
closing 255B:1420-1425, 261B:1105
closing and forest licence 264A:1340
Trade, export navigator program 206B:1605, 232A:1725
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 232B:1440-1450
budget, allocation for road maintenance and rehabilitation 206B:1550-1555
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on property taxation 277B:1035
UBC, research on wildfire and flood recovery 267C:1425
Vancouver, property taxation of small businesses 298B:1045-1050
Violence against women, funding for programs 267C:1355
Volunteers and volunteer sector, contributions 234B:1405-1410
Wages, minimum wage increase 206B:1605
West Fraser, operations 240B:1040, 248B:1420, 252B:1030
Wildlife, caribou protection, public engagement process 261B:1105
Wood waste, utilization 274B:1350
Written questions on notice
question 2 on order paper, answer tabled 293B:1440
Zanzibar Holdings Ltd., contract for wildfire restoration activities 228A:1130
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
behaviour during debate on legislation (Ross) 272B:1520
comments in debate on employment of children and youth (Bernier) 262B:1625
comments in debate on gaming revenue-sharing legislation (Oakes) 281B:1510
experience during election campaign 204B:1635
family and experience as child of mixed heritage 280B:1045-1050
family and Indigenous heritage 286B:1540
land acknowledgment 286B:1540
relationship with grandmother 280B:1050
role on Rental Housing Task Force (Robinson) 257B:1345
staff thanked 204B:1635, 223B:1600
work on Crown Corporations Committee 224B:1045
work on issues (Weaver) 197B:1555, 197B:1630
Agricultural Land Commission
compliance and enforcement activities 237B:1820-1825
exclusion applications, process and role of local government 237B:1835-1840
Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15), debate 237B:1815-1840
Agricultural land reserve
protection and government policies 237B:1820-1825, 237B:1840
protection of wetlands and ecological values 220B:1420-1425
Agriculture, farmland
affordability and protection 237B:1820
protection of natural and ecosystem values 237B:1825-1830
Automobiles, driver's licence requirements for ride-hailing drivers 224B:1045-1050
B.C.
issues and challenges 300B:1415
issues and role of government 204B:1635
B.C. by region, coastal B.C.
fibre optic line and connectivity project 211A:1345-1350
transportation and connectivity 238B:1145
B.C. Ferry Authority
board membership and appointment process 241A:1530
powers and role 241A:1610-1615
B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
debt 234B:1800
governance and operations, changes 238B:1145-1155, 241A:1530, 241A:1605-1615
B.C. First Nations Gaming Revenue Sharing Limited Partnership, establishment and membership 279B:1655
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, LNG development 222B:1625
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 204B:1635-1640, 280B:1045
B.C. timber sales program, operations and accountability 273B:1045
Budget debate 204B:1635-1650
Budgets, 2019-20 budget 204B:1640-1650
Business
government support 223B:1545-1550
taxation 223B:1550-1555
Buttigieg, Pete, presidential campaign and comments on climate change 223B:1540-1545
Canadian Cancer Society, Daffodil Month campaign 231B:1025
Cancer awareness 231B:1025
Cemeteries, protection 220B:1535-1540
Ceremony Regarding the Introduction of Bill 41 — Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons Act, address 280B:1045-1050
Chilcotin River, steelhead population 283B:1420
Children and youth, employment, regulations 262B:1600-1605
Citizens' Services Ministry, 2018-19 supplementary estimates debate 211A:1345-1350
CleanBC plan 204B:1640, 290B:1745-1750, 300B:1410
Climate change
government action 204B:1640, 222B:1525-1530, 222B:1640, 223B:1535-1545, 300B:1410-1415
reporting and transparency 290B:1745-1750
role of forest sector 281B:1415
impact 290B:1750
costs 222B:1630, 222B:1640
forests 281B:1415
independent advisory committee 290B:1750
scientific knowledge and reports 290B:1750
Climate Change Accountability Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 38), debate 290B:1745-1800
Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 25), debate 238B:1145-1155, 241A:1530, 241A:1605-1615
Construction industry, retrofits of buildings for energy efficiency, property-assessed clean energy initiatives 251B:1500
Cook, Cathy, work at Saanich Forestry Centre 301B:1030
Cowichan Valley, transit services 215B:1720
Crime and criminals, money laundering
call for public inquiry 210B:1030-1035
investigations and convictions 202B:1410
Crown Corporations Committee
first report for fourth session of 41st parliament, debate 221B:1110
report recommendations on ride-sharing, government response 224B:1045-1050
work of committee 221B:1110
de Jong, Michael, debate on agricultural land reserve legislation 237B:1815
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Bill 41)
debate 286B:1540-1600
development of legislation 286B:1600
introduction and role 280B:1045-1050
Defamation lawsuits
court process and protection of public interest 199B:1450-1455
strategic lawsuits against public participation 199B:1450-1455
Economy
future of economy and role of government 257B:1605-1610
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 290B:1800, 300B:1410-1415
Education
government investment 204B:1645
support workers and educational assistants, wages and collective bargaining 284B:1040-1045
system and government investment 290B:1415
Elliot, David Sr., comments on land development in WSÁNEĆ territory 237B:1825-1830
Employment
employment standards, reforms 262B:1600-1605
precarious employment and income insecurity 257B:1605-1610
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
debate 262B:1600-1605
debate by MLAs 262B:1600
Environment
biodiversity protection 237B:1825-1830
biodiversity status and ecosystem services 290B:1750-1755
habitat protection and restoration 204B:1640-1645
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, estimates debate 239A:1440
Ferries and ferry services
environmental impact and mitigation 234B:1800, 238B:1150
independent advisory council 234B:1750
innovation, passenger-only ferries 234B:1755
review 238B:1145-1150
review and report recommendations 234B:1750, 241A:1530
services to ferry-dependent communities 238B:1145
system
management 241A:1605-1610
public education 234B:1750
vessels, fuel conversion and electrification 234B:1800
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 251B:1500
Financial Institutions Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 37)
debate 292B:1645-1650
opposition amendment 292B:1645-1650
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, oversight activities re money-laundering prevention, report 206B:1415
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 286B:1555-1600
access to ecosystem resources 237B:1825-1835
agreements with government, heritage protection agreements 220B:1545
burial sites, protection 220B:1535-1545
capacity-building, investment 272B:1635
consent to projects and veto issue 286B:1555
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 204B:1645, 272B:1635-1640, 279B:1655-1700, 279B:1810-1815
legacy of colonialism and European settlement 280B:1045-1050, 286B:1540-1550
protection of cultural and sacred sites and consultation by government 220B:1540-1550
reconciliation 280B:1045-1050, 299B:1335
reconciliation and use of territorial acknowledgments 238B:1025-1030
reconciliation, government action 220B:1545-1550
First Nations Leadership Council, role in gaming revenue-sharing agreement 279B:1815
Fish
management, funding 229A:1720-1730
steelhead populations
assessment report 283B:1425
status and government action plan 283B:1420-1425
Fish, salmon, government investment and policies 204B:1645
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, role re fisheries management and allocations 283B:1425
Food security 237B:1830-1835
Forest Practices Board, mandate 230A:1515-1530
Forests and forest industry
forest health, state of the forest report 230A:1510
forest inventory, review panel 230A:1505-1530
forest management and practices
sustainability 281B:1415-1420
sustainability and enforcement 273B:1040-1045
industry, sustainability 281B:1420
old-growth forests, harvesting and protection 251B:1410-1415, 255B:1405-1410, 273B:1040-1045
private lands, logging practices 266B:1105
value-added sector 281B:1420
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 229A:1615-1640, 229A:1720-1730, 230A:1505-1530
fish and aquatic habitat branch 229A:1720-1730
wildlife and habitat branch, funding 229A:1720-1730
Foster, Bill, public service and contributions 281B:1355
Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 36)
debate 272B:1635-1640, 279B:1655-1700, 279B:1810-1815
amendments to bill 279B:1810-1815
Government
accountability and transparency 204B:1640
decision-making, role of industry 290B:1755
decision-making structures 204B:1640, 237B:1835
public trust 204B:1635, 210B:1015
Grace Islet, First Nations burial site issue 220B:1535-1540
Green Party of B.C.
MLAs, caucus accomplishments 204B:1635-1640
policies
Indigenous rights legislation 286B:1600
role 204B:1635-1640
priorities 223B:1555-1600, 280B:1045
Gulf Islands
Internet service 204B:1645, 211A:1345-1350
southern Gulf Islands, road conditions 265B:1425
Health care system
health professionals and workers
supply and payment models 234B:1425
working conditions and work-life balance 298B:1040
primary health care
accessibility 298B:1035
attachment to primary care provider 298B:1040
Health Ministry, estimates debate 260C:1420-1425
Heritage and archaeological sites protection
legislation and history 220B:1545
regulation, changes 220B:1535-1550
Heritage Conservation Act, provisions on agreements with First Nations 220B:1545
Heritage Conservation Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 14), debate 220B:1535-1550
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Malahat section, safety issues and alternative routes 234B:1740
Highway 14, improvement project 263B:1055
Holman, Gary, work on First Nations burial site issue 220B:1540
Hume, Claire, work for Green Party caucus 204B:1640
Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10)
debate 222B:1520-1530, 222B:1620-1640, 223B:1535-1600, 231B:1130-1135, 231B:1150, 232B:1330-1355
delay for six months 222B:1635-1640, 232B:1345-1355
referral to committee 223B:1535-1600, 231B:1130-1135
third reading 231B:1130-1135, 232B:1330-1355
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service
broadband redundancy 211A:1350
expansion for rural and Indigenous communities, service expansion initiative and funding 204B:1645, 211A:1345-1350
service for remote and rural communities, "last mile" issue 211A:1350
Introductions by members 200B:1010, 206B:1340, 213B:1340, 215B:1400, 228B:1010, 237B:1350, 245B:1010, 255B:1345, 262B:1350, 263B:1015-1020, 266B:1020, 269B:1340, 286B:1345, 301B:1015
Kessler, Sarah, comments on precarious work in book Gigged 257B:1605
Labour
automation 204B:1645-1650
automation and technology 257B:1605
labour relations code
changes 257B:1600-1615
review panel and recommendations 257B:1600
Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 30), debate 257B:1600-1615
Lane, Patrick, life and contributions 220B:1345, 281B:1355
LÁU, WELNEW Tribal School
history and school name 245B:1130-1135
role in renaming of park 245B:1135
LÁU, WELNEW/John Dean Provincial Park, name change and role in WSÁNEĆ culture 245B:1125-1140, 257B:1655
Legislature
bills process, committee stage and third reading
opposition amendments 279B:1810
opposition amendments with government support 292B:1645-1650
language used in House, terms used to describe people 257B:1600
public trust 210B:1015
Liquefied natural gas development
conditions for projects, climate targets 222B:1520-1530
development and costs 290B:1755
policy framework 222B:1620-1640, 231B:1130-1135, 232B:1330-1345
LNG Canada facility project
project agreement and framework conditions 222B:1620-1640, 231B:1130-1135, 232B:1330-1345
release of information on agreements 232B:1330-1345
Local government, actions to address climate change 251B:1500
Mayne Island, hunting and shooting, petition tabled 235B:1100
Mental health
mental health and addiction services 267B:1640-1645
mental health of children and youth, system and funding 204B:1645
Michell, Vern, legacy and life as farmer 281B:1355
Motions
Amendments to Nisga'a final agreement 299B:1335
Nahmint Valley, logging activities in area 273B:1045
Nicola Valley, flooding and comments by Indigenous chiefs 222B:1640, 223B:1540-1545
Nisga'a treaty, amendments to treaty and final agreement 299B:1335
Noise, pollution in marine environment 234B:1800
Oil and gas
activities, impact on farmland 245B:1055
industry, role in economy and political influence 290B:1755
natural gas, condensate production and use in diluted bitumen 245B:1100
Oral questions
Access to family physicians and physician payment models 234B:1420-1425
Call for public inquiry into money laundering 210B:1030-1035
Caribou protection 291B:1040-1045
Chilcotin and Thompson steelhead populations and protection plan 283B:1420-1425
Environmental assessment of Trans Mountain pipeline and protection of Salish Sea 214B:1040-1045
Forest industry and value-added products 281B:1420
Forest management and climate change mitigation 281B:1415
Funding for community social services organizations and worker wages 231B:1035-1040
Government action on climate change and economic plan 300B:1410-1415
Government approach to teachers' collective bargaining 290B:1415
Impact of oil and gas industry on farmland 245B:1055
Investigations and convictions in money laundering cases 202B:1410
Labour dispute in Saanich school district 284B:1040-1045, 290B:1410
Logging practices and protection of old-growth forests 273B:1040-1045
Management of logging practices on private forest lands 266B:1105
Money laundering and real estate industry 206B:1410-1415
Natural gas condensate production and use in diluted bitumen 245B:1100
Primary health care services on south Vancouver Island 298B:1035-1040
Protection of old-growth forests 251B:1410-1415, 255B:1405-1410
Protection of wetlands on agricultural land reserve 220B:1420-1425
Ride-sharing services and driver licensing 224B:1050
Ride-sharing services and response to committee recommendations 224B:1045-1050
Road conditions on southern Gulf Islands 265B:1425
Social services and procurement process 231B:1035
Transit system for south Vancouver Island 263B:1050-1055
Woodwynn Farms and herbicide use 237B:1435-1440
Parks
Canada nature fund, First Nations proposals 239A:1440
renaming of parks with Indigenous names 245B:1130-1135, 257B:1655
Paton, Ian, comments on employment of children and youth 262B:1600-1605
Pender Island, residents' concerns re pipeline project 214B:1040-1045
Petitions
return of Mayne Island to no-hunting, no-shooting area 235B:1100
Physicians
family physicians, supply and payment models 234B:1420-1425
practice-ready assessment program 260C:1420-1425
Port Renfrew, harvesting of old-growth forests in area 251B:1410-1415
Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 204B:1645
Premier's Office, estimates debate 267B:1640-1645
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 16), debate 245B:1125-1140, 257B:1655
Protection of Public Participation Act (Bill 2), debate 199B:1450-1455, 200B:1135
Public service, scientific research and integrity 283B:1425
Quadra Island, road improvements 265B:1425
Real estate industry, money laundering 206B:1410-1415
Resources and resource industries, resource development, unaccounted costs 290B:1755
Ride-sharing and ride-hailing regulation 224B:1045-1050
Saanich Forestry Centre, tree nursery and work 301B:1030
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
businesses and taxation 223B:1545-1555
constituents' issues and concerns 210B:1015
constituents' support for public participation protection legislation 199B:1450
health care services 298B:1035-1040
role of ferry services 238B:1145
Saanich Peninsula
contributions of residents 281B:1355
farmland and agricultural land reserve 237B:1820-1830
health care services 234B:1420-1425, 260C:1420-1425
seed orchard 301B:1030
transit services 263B:1050-1055
transit services, Mt. Newton Cross Road 215B:1725-1730
School district 63 (Saanich)
labour dispute with school support workers 284B:1040-1045
labour dispute with school support workers and allocation of cost savings 290B:1410
Science and technology, innovation 204B:1645-1650
Shipbuilding industry, government support 238B:1150
Silver International Investment Ltd., legal case status 202B:1410
Social welfare, community social services sector, contracts and procurement process 231B:1035-1040
Social workers, community social services workers, wages and union differential 231B:1040
Sooke Hills, watershed protection 234B:1740
Statements by members
Cancer awareness and Canadian Cancer Society 231B:1025
Legacies of Saanich area residents 281B:1355
Public trust in government and Legislative Assembly 210B:1015
Seed orchard on Saanich Peninsula and work of Cathy Cook 301B:1030
Trees 252B:1020
Use of Indigenous territorial acknowledgments 238B:1025-1030
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response and services 267B:1640-1645
Sweden, forest industry 281B:1420
Teachers, collective agreements and bargaining, government approach to bargaining 290B:1415
Thompson River, steelhead population 283B:1420
Thunberg, Greta, comments on climate change action 222B:1525-1530
Trade, U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel 223B:1555
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project
potential impact on B.C. coast 214B:1040-1045
review, recommendations and marine shipping issues 214B:1040-1045
Transit services
expansion and government investment 215B:1720-1730
services 263B:1050-1055
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 215B:1445-1450, 215B:1720-1730, 234B:1740-1800
Trees, importance 252B:1020
Tributes
Patrick Lane 220B:1345
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, implementation of recommendations 286B:1550
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on financing tool for energy-efficient buildings 251B:1500
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation 220B:1545, 230A:1515, 286B:1545-1600
Vancouver Island
old-growth forest
harvesting 229A:1615-1640, 273B:1040-1045
harvesting proposal 255B:1405-1410
south Island
primary health care services 298B:1035-1040
transit services 215B:1720-1730, 263B:1050-1055
transportation planning and government strategy 234B:1740
Victoria Regional Transit Commission, membership and operations 215B:1445-1450
Washington Post, article on money laundering in B.C. 210B:1035
Watersheds, protection and impact of resource extraction 290B:1755
Wildlife
caribou protection, habitat protection and predator management 291B:1040-1045
management, funding 229A:1720-1730
orcas, southern resident population, impact of marine traffic 234B:1800
population status 229A:1730
species at risk, protection 291B:1045
wolves 291B:1040-1045
Wilson-Raybould, Jody
comments on U.N. declaration 286B:1650-1655
comments on uncertainty on land base 286B:1600
Woodwynn Farms, changes to field appearance and possible herbicide use 237B:1435-1440
WorkBC Employment Services Centres, services, contracts and procurement process 231B:1035
WSÁNEĆ Nation
impact of land development 237B:1825-1830
naming traditions 245B:1130-1135
traditional story of great flood and place of refuge 245B:1125
Yates and Quadra Integrated Health Centre, operations 234B:1425

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